Mayor of London Boris Johnson, who is also chair of Transport for London, said this week that as there have been more accidents at other junctions in Southwark there was no prospect of a new crossing at this location.

Mr Johnson was responding to a question tabled by Caroline Pidgeon AM who told the Mayor that there have been 13 collisions at the junction in the past four years.

"The most recent collision statistics indicate that eight collisions occurred in the 36 months to 31 July 2010," said the Mayor.

"This collision rate is not above the average at a junction for boroughs in central London. In a collision study earlier this year, TfL found that over the last three years to 31 December 2009, there were at least 24 other junctions in Southwark with a higher collision rate.

"Therefore, based on the current collision statistics TfL cannot at this time prioritise changes at this location."